Railway-rail support and fastener.



G. GATES.

RAILWAY RAIL SUPPORT AND FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29,1908.

Patented Dec. 1,1908.

ATTORNEY BY INVENTZQ WITNESSES '(Jalifornia', have invented new and useful 11m provements in Railway-Rail Supports and of suitable size upon the iron plate.

GEORGE earns, or SAX Specification or Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 1, 190a.

. Application filed April 29, 1908. Serial No. 429,956.

No. ceases.

Y nuts upon the plates or suitable washers which rest thereon, the clamps are firmly com ressed upon the rail flanges. The angle 1 at W ich they stand upon the plate 2 is such that the "outer ends of the clamps form a fulcrum, the inner ends resting upon the rail, and the bolts and nuts form the power, while the clamps act as levers'to firmly hold the "rail in la'ce. I a

Having thus described my claim and'desire to secure out is 1. An improved railway rail su post. and fastener, com rising a reinforce concrete tie having vertical perforations .therethrough, a metal late having corresponding perforations an adapted to support a rail flange between said perforations, transverse bars upon said plate and inclined horizontally relative thereto, said bars having their inner ends made thinner than the outer ends, said thinner ends adapted to rest upon the flange of the rail and to form a shoulder to abut thereagainst, the outer ends of the bars resting in contact with the plate, said bars having 0 long slots in the direction of their length, bolts passin through said slots, the plate, and the tie, an locking nuts and washers for the bolts.

improved railway rail support and fastener'having in combination a tie formed f concrete containing a fibrous material adapted to render the concrete more or less elastic, ametal plate upon the up or surface of the tie, and forming a support or the rail flanges, transverse bars uponlsaid plate havin the lower surface of their inner ends rovi ed with a shoulder adapted to a ut against the rail flanges, said bars being horizontally inclined relative to the plate whereby their inner portions are raised above the surface of said plate except at the outer ends The outer, thicker ends rest thereof, said outer ends serving as fulcrunis forthe bars; bolts passing through the tie,

. Oblong holes are made through these clamps to provide for an adthe plate and the bars, said bars having-ob- J longlholes to receive the bolts, and

justment thereof toward and from the flange D was ers acting in conjunction with the bolts of the rail, and holes are made through the tie and through the iron plates for the recap to produce a leverage to lock the bars upon y I the rails.

tion of bolts 6. These bolts have sufficient 3. An improved railway rail support and large heads or equivalent washers at the bottom to'prevent their cuttinginto the bottom fastener having in combination a concrete of the tie, and the upper ends arescrewtie provided with-a metal reinforce said tie threaded. The clamps being placed over the eing provided with perforations, a metal plate resting upon the tie and forming a supupper ends of the bolts are then adjusted to port for the rails, said plate having holes rest upon the rail flanges, the rail 'beingal- I ready in place; and by turning down the l adapted to register with those in the tie,

'1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Guns, a citipen of the United States, residing at San Jose,

in the county of Santa Clara and State of asteners, 'cation.

My invention relates to improvements in railway rail ties or supports, andmeans for securing rails thereto.

It consists in the combination of parts and details of construction, which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a cross section, showing the construction of my device. Fig. 2 is a plan.

It is the object of my invention to provide a permanent, enduring tie, and means for supporting the railway rails thereon and for securing them firml in place.

'In the construction of m ti'e I employ concrete of any usual or well Known mixture,

and with it I mix pumice-stone, asbestos and wood-pulp, to provide a certain elasticity of the material and resist the tendency to break undershocks. The mass is molded in a box and she e, and I-employ barbed wire 7 as a reinibrcing agent, the barbs of the wire forming a strong bond with the concrete. Upon the surface of the tie A t us constructed, and in the line of the rails which are to be supported thereon, I place a metal plate 2 ofsuiiicient area, and u on this the rail 3 rests. The plate has sufiicient area to prevent the jar and pounding of the rail from cutting into the tie and loosening the support.

4 are looking clamps, the inner ends of which are thinner than the outer ends, form- 5; and these inner ends upon of which the following is a specinuts andup er surface of said and bolts pessin through the tie, t e bars, 4;

2 ames transverse bars ebove the plate normally inthe bars are locked to the rail flanges and the 10 clined relative to the latter whel eby. the'insu porting plate. P

ner ends of the bers'ere raised out 01" contact n testimony whel eof I have hereunto set with said plate and are in contact with the my hand in presence-of two subscribing flanges of the rail, the outer ends of the bars nesses. being in contact with the plate and forming GEORGE GATES. 'fulcrums, said bars having oblong o enings, 1 Witnesses:

GEO. H. STRONG,

an dthe plete en I nuts, and washers whereby f CHARLES EDELMAN. 

